Safety fly holder



1954 R. P. CLAYTON SAFETY FLY HOLDER Filed May 29, 1953 INVENTOR. RobertP. Czayzon Patented Oct. 19, 1954 UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE SAFETY FLYHOLDER Robert P. Clayton, Montpelier, Idaho Application May 29, 1953,Serial No. 358,273

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This invention relates to fishermens equipment, and more particularly toan improved holder for fish lures, trout flies, and the like.

A main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved fishlure holder which is simple in construction, which is arranged toseparately and securely hold a fishing fiy or lure for the purpose oftransportation or storage thereof, and which is arranged to hold afishing lure or fly in a fully visible position.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved holder forfishing lures, trout flies, and the like, said holder being inexpensiveto manufacture, being durable in construction, being compact'in size,being arranged to accommodate a wide range of different sizes of hooks,and being suitable for supporting wet lures or fiies in a favorableposition for drying.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparentfrom the following description and claims, and from the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fishing lure box provided.withimproved lure holding means constructed inaccordance with thepresent invention.

Figure Z is a fragmentary perspective view of the supporting strip,showing one of the improved lure holding means secured thereon, asemployed in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the lure holding element shown inFigure 2.

Figure 4 is a top View of the lure holding element, taken on the line4-4 of Figure 3 and showing a portion of a lure supported on the holdingelement in horizontal cross section.

Figure is a perspective view of the resilient locking member employed inthe lure holding element of Figures 1 to 4.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of an alternative form of resilientlocking member which may be employed in the lure holding elementdisclosed in Figures 1 to 4.

Referring to the drawings, II designates a box which may be employed forcontaining fishing lures according to the present invention, said boxbeing of conventional construction. secured to the bottom of the box inthe interior thereof is a longitudinally extending strip member 52 ofany suitable rigid material, and secured on the strip "member I2 inlongitudinally spaced positions thereon are a plurality of lure holdingelements designated generally at I3.

The strip members I2 may be arranged longitudinally in the box I I, asshown in Figure 1, in

which case the lure holding elements I3 may be arranged transverse tothe stri members I2, or alternatively, the strip members I2 may bearranged transversely in the box II, whereby the lure holding membersmay be arranged longitudinally on said strip members, as shown in Figure2.

As shown in Figure 2, each lure holding element is comprises a basemember M which is rigidly secured in any suitable manner, as by weldingor the like, to the supporting strip I2. Integrally formed with the basemember I 4 is the rigid'upstanding arm I5 formed at its top with areverse bend I6 to define an offset portion I'I overlying the basemember I 4. Said offset portion IT comprises a generally U-shaped looplocated adjacent the main body of the arm I5, the reverse bend I6 beingformed with a first notch I8 and the end of the loop I'I being formedwith a second notch I9 opposing the notch I8 and being in alignmenttherewith.

As will be apparent from Figures 3 and 4, the notches I8 and I9 arearranged to receive the bight of the hook 20 of a fishing lure 2 I.

The end of the base portion It opposite the arm I5 is formed with anintegral sleeve portion 22 in which is secured the bottom arm 23 of aspring member 24, said spring member being formed from a piece of springwire and being provided with the intermediate spring loop 25. As shownin Figure 5, the end of the bottom arm 23 of the spring member 24 may bebent upwardly, as illustrated in dotted View at 26 to lock arm 23 in thesupporting sleeve 22. The top portion of the spring member 24 is formedwith an arm 28 extending parallel to the bottom arm 23 and receivedthrough the loop member I? between the notches I8 and I9. As shown inFigures 3 and 4, the top arm 28 of the spring member 2 3 is adapted tooverlie and clampingly engage the bight 20 of the hook of the lure tosecure said, bight portion in the notched seats I 8 and IQ. The end ofthe loop member I! at one side of notch I9 is formed with a fingerelement 36 extending over the arm 28 and being bent downwardly at 3| tosubstantially engage the bend It, as shown in Figure 3. The finger 3'8serves as a positive stop element to limit upward deflection of the arm28 to prevent the spring member 24 from becoming excessively distortedand to serve as a stop means aiding in the seating of the bight portion20 of the lure hook in the notches l8 and I9.

In using the device, the lure is mounted on the supporting element I 3by engaging the bight portion of the hook under the spring arm 28 andthen slipping the hook laterally so that the bight portion 2!} of thehook snaps into seating position in the notches l8 and IS, the springarm 28 being slightly elevated to allow said bight portion to be engagedin said notches. In this position, the bight portion 20 of the hookcannot be moved further in a lateral direction beyond the notches l3 andI 9 since the finger 30 serves as a positive stop means limitingfurtherlateral movement of the hook. As shown in Figures 3 amid, the spring arm28 overlies the lower elementof the bight 20 of the hook and exerts aclamping force which serves to support the bight portion 2'3 in theposition illustrated, with the main portion of the lure or fly above thesupporting element :3 in a fully visible and exposed position. To-remove the lure or fly 2i, it is merely necessaryto ilift same slightlyand then move the lure or fly laterally outwardly to disengage the bightportion 29 thereof from the notches l8 and I9.

Referring now to Figured, analternativez'form of spring member is shownat 1 26, said spring member 24 being generally similar to the springmember 24 except that instead of employing the spring coil 25 at theintermediate aportion'o'f the spring membenas shown in Figure fiythemember 24 employs a resilient U-bend 33 at itsiintermediate portion,said .U -bend serving-thev same purpose as the coil element 25in Figure5. As shown in Figure-6, the spring elementZ i' has .a base arm 23'which is secured :in the sleever22 in the same manner described.in-connection 'with the base element 23 of the springimember 126i, andthe spring element 2 also has 'tlieitoparm .223 which performsthe samefunctionasthetop arm 28 in the previously described form-of theinvention.

It will be readily apparent that'the lure holder above describedprovides ameans of holding a fly securely and individually, whereby theiiy iis protected against damage, and is at the-same'time readilyvisible so that a desired'fly may be easily selected by the user. Theholder :is adapted to receive and support any one of "a wide range ofdifierent sizes of hooks, since the bight portion of the hook is seatedin :the notches l8 and 19 and the spring arm 28, or .23, clampingly.engages said bight ortion, regardless of the curvature of the bightportion.

While certain specific embodiments of an improved holder for fish lureshas been disclosed in the foregoing description, it will be understoodthat various modifications within the spirit of the invention may occurto those skilled in the art. Therefore, it is intended that nolimitations be placed on the invention except as defined by the scope ofthe appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. ,A holder for fish'lures comprising a base member, a rigid upstandingarm secured to said base member, said arm being formed at its top with areverse bend to define an ofiset portion,

said :ofiset portion being bent to define a genthe arm, the reverse bendand the end of said loop being formed with opposed notches to receivethe bight of the hook of a lure, a resilient locking member secured tosaid base member and extending through said loop to lockingly engageover the bight portion of'a hock seated insaid notches, anda'keeper-finger-ion the end-ofsaid loop extending-oversaid'resilientlockingmember.

2. A holder for fish lures comprising a base member, a rigid upstandingarm securedto said base member, said arm being formed-at itsitop with areverse bend -to define an 'ofisetportion, said oiiset portion beingbent 'to definea generally U-shaped loop adjacent the main body-of thearm, the reverse bend and the 'end of said loop being formed withopposing notches to receive the bight of the hook or a lure, 'a wirehaving one end secured to said base memher and having its other endextending through said loop between said notchesyto'lOcKingIy-engageover the 'bight portion of a hook seated'in said notches, and a keeperfinger on the --end-of said loop extending over said resilient lockingmember at one'si'de'of the notchesto substantially engage said reversebend, said finger transversely overlying said other end of the springwire.

References Cited in the "file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTSNumber .Name Date 2,007,224 Stoekle July 9, 1935 2,649,191 McLaughlinAug. 18,).953

